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School: An Drom (Drom Thurles) (roll number 585)

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Drom, Co. Tipperary
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Pilib Ó Ó Muireadhaigh Pádraig Ó Cléirigh
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  2. Local Cures

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    To cure a chin-cough is to drink the white of an egg mixed with sugar and water.
    A cure for a toothache is to put a little bit of soot and salt into it.
    A cure for a pain in the back is olive oil and red flannel put to it.
    A cure for Rheumatism is to put on a piece of brown paper on to where it is and then rub it over with a luke-warm iron over the brown paper.
    Dandelion is a cure for consumption. The plant is boiled and the water
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